Navigating by Man-made Stars:
Finding the Cemetery Using GPS

[Note: this article was written for Genealogical Computing, Vol 22.4, April-May-June 2003. It is based on a true story. ]

For your consideration …

01 SCENARIO A: Somewhere well off the interstate, late in the afternoon. 

02 SCENARIO B: Somewhere well off the interstate, about an hour earlier than Scenario A.

03 HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED

04 PLANNING A TRIP IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN I THINK

05 HERE’S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT

06 EXAMPLE 1: Sometimes You Get Lucky

07 EXAMPLE 2: Getting Down to Gettysburg

08 EXAMPLE 3: Those Really Small East Texas Cemeteries.

08a ADDENDUM to Example 3 Using GNIS

09 SUMMARY

 

 

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Beau Sharbrough is an author and lecturer. He writes the RootsWorks series of articles on family history uses for generic technologies. His lecture schedule, articles, and discussion board can be found at http://www.rootsworks.com/.

 

Last Modified: 04/19/2003